Bare Knuckle Pickups Forum
Forum Ringside => Guitars, Amps and Effects => Topic started by: Dazza1004 on June 24, 2008, 01:28:59 PM
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I am so tempted to buy this V, it seems a bit of steal to me.
http://www.guitarampkeyboard.com/en/68171
If I don't get one before all of my hair finally falls out it will be too late :wink:
Plus as the sufferer of a seriously bad back it looks quite light. Not that I am trying to convince myself
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you should go for it. Vs are a classic guitar with better rock'n'roll credentials than any other model, including strats or les pauls.
i have a faded red V myself. it is a steal i reckon.
they're relatively light - and agile too. there is no easier guitar to fling around stage. sitting down, clamped between ones legs they are rock solid, and therefore an ideal studio guitar too.
you know it makes sense.
edit to be more convincing:
jazz, funk, blues, rock and metal - the V is a guitar for any situation:
billy gibbons
jimi hendrix
albert king
michael schenker
kk downing
brian tatler
dave davies
rudolf schenker
james hetfield
randy rhoades
pete townshend
brian may
van halen
slash
etc etc...
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you should go for it. Vs are a classic guitar with better rock'n'roll credentials than any other model, including strats or les pauls.
i have a faded red V myself. it is a steal i reckon.
they're relatively light - and agile too. there is no easier guitar to fling around stage with. sitting down, clamped between ones legs they are rock solid, and therefore a great studio guitar too.
you know it makes sense.
+1 on everything said there.
I miss my V
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I have been thinking about getting something more crunchy and more open than the miracle man set in my eggle so they would slot nicely in the V :twisted:
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+1 to all gwEm's comments. Your life isn't complete until you have a Flying V... :)
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+1 to all gwEm's comments. Your life isn't complete until you have a Flying V... :)
-1 to Antag: Your life isn't complete until you have that extra Flying V... ;) ;) ;)
Theres always room for one more!
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I couldn't get on with mine, but Brow loves it :)
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you should go for it. Vs are a classic guitar with better rock'n'roll credentials than any other model, including strats or les pauls.
Debatable... but I'm not arguing about the coolness of the V!
billy gibbons
jimi hendrix
albert king
michael schenker
kk downing
brian tatler
dave davies
rudolf schenker
james hetfield
randy rhoades
pete townshend
brian may
van halen
slash
etc etc...
Couple of slightly tenuous inclusions there at the end... I know all those guys own Vs, but.....
.....anyway, let's not forget Lonnie Mack and ANDY POWELL!!!
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and not just that - the world's largest guitar is a flying v
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Debatable... slightly tenuous...
surely not?! i present a very honest and balanced view point in my post :lol: :lol:
we also forgot Nigel Tufnell.
speaking of bargin Vs... look at this beauty:
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Edwards-by-ESP-E-FV-100STD-Flame-Flying-V-Rare-Mint_W0QQitemZ110264371116QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item110264371116&_trkparms=72%3A12%7C39%3A1%7C65%3A12&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14
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speaking of bargin Vs... look at this beauty:
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Edwards-by-ESP-E-FV-100STD-Flame-Flying-V-Rare-Mint_W0QQitemZ110264371116QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item110264371116&_trkparms=72%3A12%7C39%3A1%7C65%3A12&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14
Now THAT, my friends, is a CRAZY bargain!! :wink:
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I couldn't get on with mine, but Brow loves it :)
Yup, I do :D
I especially like it with it's Riff Raff / Mississippi Queen combo that it now has :)
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Speaking of Flying V's: Fresh from the Summer NAMM:
The King (double bass makers) Flying V:
(http://img364.imageshack.us/img364/5277/1772kingguitarsfe4.jpg)
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I like them a lot
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I am thiiiiiis close to ordering a white flying v (http://www.ebuyer.com/product/128524) Whats the worst that could happen? :lol:
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I am thiiiiiis close to ordering a white flying v (http://www.ebuyer.com/product/128524) Whats the worst that could happen? :lol:
I know what you mean fella. What's stopping me is that a) I know it will be something else next week and b) our lass has promised to "have my knackers if i spend any more money on guitar stuff"
Still I can really see myself playing one of those V's
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I am thiiiiiis close to ordering a white flying v (http://www.ebuyer.com/product/128524) Whats the worst that could happen? :lol:
Can't beat a white V!
(http://i129.photobucket.com/albums/p216/phillyq/IMGP0626666.jpg)
(That one isn't for sale)
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speaking of bargin Vs... look at this beauty:
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Edwards-by-ESP-E-FV-100STD-Flame-Flying-V-Rare-Mint_W0QQitemZ110264371116QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item110264371116&_trkparms=72%3A12%7C39%3A1%7C65%3A12&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14
Is it just me or does that look too wide in the body at the neck end?
Maybe it's the effect of the binding......
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Is it just me or does that look too wide in the body at the neck end?
Maybe it's the effect of the binding......
I think that's probably my dodgy photography, not getting the angles quite right.
I'm looking at some pictures of a '58 V now (not having a real one to hand at the moment :wink: ) and the distances from the neck pickup ring to the upper corners of the body look identical to me.
But you're right, I think the binding creates a bit of an optical illusion.
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Duh - just realised it was yours :oops:
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:lol: :lol:
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Saw this for sale if you prefer Randy Rhoads style
Already loaded with BKPs (Miracle Man & Cold Sweat)
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=170232887051&ssPageName=ADME:B:SS:GB:1123
(http://i18.ebayimg.com/08/i/000/f9/8d/9dc4_1.JPG)
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speaking of bargin Vs... look at this beauty:
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Edwards-by-ESP-E-FV-100STD-Flame-Flying-V-Rare-Mint_W0QQitemZ110264371116QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item110264371116&_trkparms=72%3A12%7C39%3A1%7C65%3A12&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14
Is it just me or does that look too wide in the body at the neck end?
Maybe it's the effect of the binding......
You got it... teh uggs IMO. Never got on with those curved cut out bits.
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speaking of bargin Vs... look at this beauty:
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Edwards-by-ESP-E-FV-100STD-Flame-Flying-V-Rare-Mint_W0QQitemZ110264371116QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item110264371116&_trkparms=72%3A12%7C39%3A1%7C65%3A12&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14
Is it just me or does that look too wide in the body at the neck end?
Maybe it's the effect of the binding......
You got it... teh uggs IMO. Never got on with those curved cut out
bits.
No - I love the 58 V when all the dimensions are correct
Just that one looked odd in the photo!
Teh Uggs?- what do those thermal granny boots have to do with flying Vs (very confused here .....or maybe showing that I am over 40)
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I am thiiiiiis close to ordering a white flying v (http://www.ebuyer.com/product/128524) Whats the worst that could happen? :lol:
I know what you mean fella. What's stopping me is that a) I know it will be something else next week and b) our lass has promised to "have my knackers if i spend any more money on guitar stuff"
Still I can really see myself playing one of those V's
It's like £40 with delivery- what's the worst that could happen? Stick some mighty BKPs in it and it might be playable, if you're not a fussy, spoiled by goooood guitars kinda person like myself.
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Saw this for sale if you prefer Randy Rhoads style
Already loaded with BKPs (Miracle Man & Cold Sweat)
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=170232887051&ssPageName=ADME:B:SS:GB:1123
(http://i18.ebayimg.com/08/i/000/f9/8d/9dc4_1.JPG)
:o OMFG I had one of these & have always regretted selling it. A fantastic guitar. I am sooo tempted by this...
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Saw this for sale if you prefer Randy Rhoads style
Already loaded with BKPs (Miracle Man & Cold Sweat)
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=170232887051&ssPageName=ADME:B:SS:GB:1123
(http://i18.ebayimg.com/08/i/000/f9/8d/9dc4_1.JPG)
:o OMFG I had one of these & have always regretted selling it. A fantastic guitar. I am sooo tempted by this...
Forum member selling it - give him a shout
I did all the fretwork and replaced the pickups so it plays good
Hellbilly1969
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I do love the roads v..but also love the original style V with the V plate for strings to go through..also found this one (http://www.rocknrollvintage.com/prodimages/1979-80%20Gibson%20Flying%20V2%20Model%20large-2.jpg)
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ah! the V2 - pretty cool :)
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Oh man, GAS Attack, I regret selling my Gibby a while ago, even if the fretboard was a little too wide, it was great for on stage.
I saw one of those Fernandes Steeler's in a shop by me about a month ago and it played like a dream, it was going for £450, if I'd only had the money :(
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That Fernandes looks awesome!
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to be honest i was planning to bid on the fernandes.... too bad feline let the cat out the bag!
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to be honest i was planning to bid on the fernandes.... too bad feline let the cat out the bag!
:(
Have the bids started rolling in?
:idea: Still, you could buy my Edwards instead! :wink:
(Sorry, that really was a joke.... NOT a desperate attempt at salesmanship) :oops:
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your edwards is really cool philly, but as i say i have a similar hamer. to be honest the hamer is a nicely put together guitar, but i rarely play it... partly it just has dimarzios, partly i find the sunburst a bit too much and partly 'undefinable reasons' - at least i got a great bargain with it. i expect the edwards with duncans and likely nicer build might get played more. i doubt you'd consider a px for my hamer as you're selling to free up some space.
the fernades steeler is still bidding at £160, but theres several days left. thinking rationally some more the floyd is putting me off a bit. £500 is probably a fair price to be honest. unless i get the bidding fever i might give it a miss after all.
i sort of realised recently that everything about a guitar has to feel right or it just sits in the case. for example, my feline V has great looks and obviously top notch craftsmanship... i hardly make any mistake when i play it, and it really flatters my everyday joe playing style. but i've not been able to find the right pickups for its unusual sycamore body. nothing i've tried really satisfies - at the moment i think maybe underwound mississippi queens would work.
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i sort of realised recently that everything about a guitar has to feel right or it just sits in the case.
Yeah, absolutely... some guitars you "bond" with and some you don't. For me it's less about the sound than the neck shape, the balance, the way it resonates acoustically. The right pickups can always be found eventually (I play unplugged most of the time, TBH).
And sometimes there's no reason at all - there's hardly any difference between my two SG-Xs, but the green one's "the one" and the black one stays in its case. I don't know why.
I've had lots of guitars (as you know :oops: ) but probably 70% of them will come and go, only a few are "keepers" - and they're not necessarily the best ones.
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I never wanted a Vee. I must be the only guitarist ever not to have had the urge at some point. :lol:
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I never wanted a Vee. I must be the only guitarist ever not to have had the urge at some point. :lol:
you're quite young and theres still time 8)
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I am a V whore as well. Nothing gets me drooling like the site of a V-shaped, six string beast.
My latest V addition is a Dean Black Gold V.
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your edwards is really cool philly, but as i say i have a similar hamer. to be honest the hamer is a nicely put together guitar, but i rarely play it... partly it just has dimarzios, partly i find the sunburst a bit too much and partly 'undefinable reasons' - at least i got a great bargain with it. i expect the edwards with duncans and likely nicer build might get played more. i doubt you'd consider a px for my hamer as you're selling to free up some space.
I didn't realize you had a Hamer V, which model is it? I chenged the DiMarzio's on my Hamer Sunburst to Abraxas' and they really work well with it.
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its an modern MIC one unfortunately - not bad, a bit nicer than an epiphone. i'm sure an 80s MIA vector would be a totally different kettle of fish however.
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I had an early 80s Vector (although you can hardly see it in this terrible photo :oops: ). One of the few guitars I really regret selling.
(http://i129.photobucket.com/albums/p216/phillyq/hkjhjkh.jpg)
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Anyone else a big fan of KK's studded Hamer mini V?
(http://www.celebrityrockstarguitars.com/rock/downing_files/kkdown.jpg)
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its very HIM.. ;) i'm a fan, but i don't think anyone other than him could pull it off.
i'd like a sort of gwem-ised version of his full size hamer though
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Left-handed?
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yeh, strange, but all the pics i could find are lefties
obviously(?!) though, i meant this one. heres the man himself looking like the metal god he surely is:
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Teh Uggs?- what do those thermal granny boots have to do with flying Vs (very confused here .....or maybe showing that I am over 40)
haha, it has no reference to the boots whatsoever, but the name for the boots as well as the terminology i used comes from the same word: ugly. I can't stand the look of the original style V's. Rhodes V is the holy grail of V's in my oppinion.
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Apparently KK use a .007 on his high E, that coupled with scalloped frets must mean a ridiculously light touch.
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Teh Uggs?- what do those thermal granny boots have to do with flying Vs (very confused here .....or maybe showing that I am over 40)
haha, it has no reference to the boots whatsoever, but the name for the boots as well as the terminology i used comes from the same word: ugly. I can't stand the look of the original style V's. Rhodes V is the holy grail of V's in my oppinion.
i like both kinds :)
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do you know who kevin bond is? i don't, but anyway - his signature jackson with the green flashes is well tasty.
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Apparently KK use a .007 on his high E, that coupled with scalloped frets must mean a ridiculously light touch.
i'm not surprised... have you seen the way he uses that floyd? seems like theres no tension there at all.
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Yeah, I feel sorry for his tech, it must be quite a task to keep it in tune.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2s-cBPn31ys
feline posted this clip some time ago - incredible how the vintage trem stays in tune
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Christ, he really abuses that trem, probably a little too much, obviously a big influence to Kerry King :P
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do you know who kevin bond is? i don't, but anyway - his signature jackson with the green flashes is well tasty.
He is/was(?) the guitarist in Superjoint Ritual, one of Phil Anselmo's many bands.
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do you know who kevin bond is? i don't, but anyway - his signature jackson with the green flashes is well tasty.
He is/was(?) the guitarist in Superjoint Ritual, one of Phil Anselmo's many bands.
Stop Press: Philly in Teh Brootalz knowledge shock!
:)
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do you know who kevin bond is? i don't, but anyway - his signature jackson with the green flashes is well tasty.
He is/was(?) the guitarist in Superjoint Ritual, one of Phil Anselmo's many bands.
Stop Press: Philly in Teh Brootalz knowledge shock!
:)
See, I'm hipper than you think! (Hmmm, is it hip to say "hip"? :? )
I even have one of their CDs (don't like it much, I must admit). I also have albums by Arch Enemy, Soilwork, The Haunted, Gojira, Goatsblood (that was a mistake...), Machine Head, Mastodon, Opeth (do the last three count as Teh Brootalz? not sure). And probably some others I've forgotten. I mostly just like the melodic bits though. :lol:
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MASTODON = amaze!!!!
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Recently sold my Painkiller V - that was nice
Down to just my Korina V for now - other than the '58 that I am building
Will have to make some more once the dust settles
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other than the '58 that I am building
Is that one for someone on this forum, by the way? Looks good!
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Teh Uggs?- what do those thermal granny boots have to do with flying Vs (very confused here .....or maybe showing that I am over 40)
haha, it has no reference to the boots whatsoever, but the name for the boots as well as the terminology i used comes from the same word: ugly. I can't stand the look of the original style V's. Rhodes V is the holy grail of V's in my oppinion.
i like both kinds :)
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do you know who kevin bond is? i don't, but anyway - his signature jackson with the green flashes is well tasty.
I have no idea who he is either, that green is ok. I suppose i am gonna be cliche and prefer the red flashes one, but i think it would be far cooler if it had purple flashes!